they must pass a background check, pay a fine and back taxes and of course they must learn english. this plan also calls for beefed up border security and ensures illegals do not get their green card ahead of those already working towards citizenship. >> we believe this will be the year congress finally gets it done. the politics on this issue have been turned upside down. for the first time ever, there's more political risk in opposing immigration reform than in supporting it. >> times have changed. americans have changed. elections have changed. i'm not saying it's going to be easy and i'm not saying we're going to uk seed this time but i -- succeed this time but i think the channels are better than they've ever been. >> reporter: of course both senator schumer and senator mccain referencing this recent election. president obama gained 70% of the latino vote. coming up at 5:30, of course this plan does have its critics and some of them include republicans, of course. and we'll hear from them coming up in a half-hour. back to you, might be, jess -- back to you, mike, jessica. >> th